A couple weeks ago while the Stanley Cup finals were happening, a reporter asked Tiger Woods if he thought the Red Wings or Penguins would win that night's game. Tiger responded, "I don't really care. I don't think anybody really watches hockey anymore."
Cheers to Tiger for taking a stand. African-American athletes have roundly been criticized for being apolitical since Michael Jordan's famous "Republicans buy Nikes too" comment. Granted this isn't really a political issue but it's better than diverting the media horde by saying, "Hey, look it's my hot wife."
But boo to Eldrick for taking on the wrong sport for so many different reasons. Golfers have just about as much right as professional rock, paper, scissor players to rip on other sports, let alone a time-honored sport such as hockey. And let's be real, unless you are sports editor Steve Smith, you aren't devoting a Sunday afternoon to watch televised golf and then tracking the playoff match on Monday. Sorry, Steve, there's a 12-step program for this kind of thing. Oooh, sudden death. The only way that would really live up to its name is if the golfers had to drive from a tree while being chased by a Bubonic squirrel. I get sleepy when I drive by golf courses, I'd fall off the couch watching it at home.
Any sport where you're swinging a ball with a big metal stick and nobody's wearing a cup is not worthy of being watched on television.
And I don't really care how good Tiger is at golf. He's a young man playing an old man's game. It'd be like me going back to first grade and declaring myself the Undisputed Champion of Kickball or mocking kids at Chuck E. Cheese for sucking at Wack-a-Mole.
Ironically, it is the very sport Tiger criticizes that could actually inject some life into the placid game of golf. How awesome would it be to see (low voice please) Tiger's 20-foot birdie try to win the Master's (hockey broadcaster scream please) blocked by Patrick Roy – Oh my goodness, how did he stop that one. Not to mention how nice it would be to see a Padraig knocked down by an Ovechkin.
Lace em' up, Tiger, you wouldn't stand a chance in hockey!
